So, I voted for last, but now I am wondering--do you mean garland or "icicles" (long, single strands of tinsel that you drape over the tree)?
I still absolutely say last for the "icicles", but garland... I dunno... I've never messed with it other than to wear it in place of a boa a couple of times. Not that I'm a freak or anything. Shut up. But if it is the big, long strings of stuff then I'd have to say put it on first then the lights and then the ornaments. Otherwise said big, long strings of sparklestuff will clog up the tree, mute the lights and obscure the ornaments... and quite possibly knock them off with the potential for breakage.
See? You're not the only with OCD, I am playing this out in my head as a hypothetical, therein applying too much thought to stuff.
It's garlands (poll wouldn't let me edit it to make things clearer for those of you over the pond).
All this trimming the tree stuff is something you don't think about when in the first flush of lust, but then one day the poor sap finds himself standing there wondering why you've thrown a hissy fit when all he's done is drape a garland or two of tinsel over a tree branch prematurely...
Christmas trees must be real. The lights must be multi-coloured and must not in any way, shape or form flash. And the lights go on first, followed by the ornaments (because how else can you see if you've achieved balance?), with the tinsel last.
Oh, and that tatty and misshapen bit of cardboard with cooking foil stuck over it? Is the star I made for the tree when I was an impoverished student, has sentimental value, and will continue to grace the top of the tree until such time as it falls apart or I die, whichever occurs first.
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Date: 2011-12-11 02:29 pm (UTC)I still absolutely say last for the "icicles", but garland... I dunno... I've never messed with it other than to wear it in place of a boa a couple of times. Not that I'm a freak or anything.
Shut up.But if it is the big, long strings of stuff then I'd have to say put it on first then the lights and then the ornaments. Otherwise said big, long strings of sparklestuff will clog up the tree, mute the lights and obscure the ornaments... and quite possibly knock them off with the potential for breakage.See? You're not the only with OCD, I am playing this out in my head as a hypothetical, therein applying too much thought to stuff.
We win at life, you know. *g*
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Date: 2011-12-11 02:54 pm (UTC)All this trimming the tree stuff is something you don't think about when in the first flush of lust, but then one day the poor sap finds himself standing there wondering why you've thrown a hissy fit when all he's done is drape a garland or two of tinsel over a tree branch prematurely...
Christmas trees must be real. The lights must be multi-coloured and must not in any way, shape or form flash. And the lights go on first, followed by the ornaments (because how else can you see if you've achieved balance?), with the tinsel last.
Oh, and that tatty and misshapen bit of cardboard with cooking foil stuck over it? Is the star I made for the tree when I was an impoverished student, has sentimental value, and will continue to grace the top of the tree until such time as it falls apart or I die, whichever occurs first.
I have indoctrinated the next generation...
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Date: 2011-12-11 06:41 pm (UTC)